Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The National Institute of Oceanography in a study has concluded that the Chicalim bay that is home to windowpane oysters (scientifically known as placuna placenta and locally known as
The National Board for Wildlife, headed by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, rejected some big projects, including a port project in Gujarat, signalling that the ministry would not clear projects in ecologically sensitive zones. The standing committee of the board, in its meeting yesterday, turned down a proposal for setting up …
KOLKATA: A leopard was shot dead at Shikarpur in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on Sunday after it entered a village and seriously injured 11 persons.
SILCHAR, April 7: Committee on People and Environment (COPE) in a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh of Manipur expressed its deep concern at the construction of Tipaimukh Dam despite opposition from naturalists and environmentalists of Northeast. There have been protest demonstrations by NGOs in Manipur, Mizoram …
Tirupati, March 7: To effectively check the growing menace of animal poaching and smuggling of forest wealth and curb forest-related crimes, the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, would be amended during the ongoing Parliament session, according to the Union minister for environment and forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh. Addressing a press conference, …
The sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) arrested two persons in Meerut and claimed to have busted a gang of skin poachers on Friday. They said that two skins of leopard were recovered from possession of the held accused along with two mobile phones. A case under various Sections …
With threats to elephants and their habitats increasing in India, the Union Government has decided to constitute a task force to come up with a detailed picture so that a comprehensive strategy could be considered and adapted for their conservation. Well-placed sources revealed that the Union Minister of Environment and …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The release of the kingpin of the gang of lion poachers, Sarkashlal, who was arrested in 2007 for the killing of eight lions in Bhavnagar and Junagadh, has come as a huge setback for the team of investigators who meticulously gathered evidence to trap the …
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, Jan 31, DHNS: A privately-owned mahseer fishing resort on the banks of the Cauvery near the City, that is functioning in violation of the Indian Wildlife Act has attracted the wrath of a central watchdog for environment and forests. The Central Empowerment Committee (CEC) set …
NEW DELHI: A 50-year-old man has been arrested on charges of dealing in rare sea shells banned under the Wildlife Protection Act. More than 20,000 shells, including conch shells of 12 different endangered and rare species, have allegedly been seized. The police received a complaint from Gaurav Gupta of People …
When 4-year-old Raju, led by 40-year-old Raja Saab, walked into Bannerghata rescue centre in Karnataka on Friday morning, it brought down the curtain on a 300-year-old practice. Raju is an endangered sloth bear made to perform as a dancing bear, and his
New Delhi: Alarmed at the excruciatingly slow progress in construction of border roads, the Army wants infrastructure build-up within 50km of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China and the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan to be exempted from environmental and other clearances.
Police arrested two persons and seized leopard and deer pelts worth Rs 5 lakh. The accused were arrested while they were trying to sell the pelts in front of the KSRTC bus stand, said Superintendent of Police Dr A Subrahmanyeshwara Rao here on Tuesday. Based on a tip-off, a team …
Coimbatore: To prevent incidents of poaching and poisoning and to save the remaining population of tigers, the Ministry of Environment and Forests proposes to bring in amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. This was stated by Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh here on …
RABINDRA NATH CHOUDHURY he priest of a mutt in Khadipal village in Orissa's Kendrapara district, nearly 150 km from here, was on Thursday charged with violation of wildlife act for illegally confining a rare turtle, which is being worshipped as God in the local temple. "The case was registered under …
ALARMED over the sharp drop in the number of freshwater dolphins surviving in river systems across the country, the Manmohan Singh government, acting on a proposal made by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, on Monday declared dolphins as a national aquatic animal. The animal has been declared as a
